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The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that maintained the parental rights of a Las Vegas couple awaiting trial in the killing of a 17-year-old girl. Rather than rule for the termination of rights, however, the high court’s unanimous Thursday decision ordered a full evidentiary hearing into the case with instructions on how to proceed.
Jury deliberations began Friday in a federal case against three Cuban immigrants charged in a major Las Vegas-area theft ring.
A man was transported to Sunrise Hospital in critical condition Friday after falling from a tree-trimming bucket near Sandhill and Russell Roads.
Bolstering Nevada’s economy, Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Office of Economic Development helped create 4,771 jobs last year — three times the number in 2011 — and is on pace to beat that figure in 2014, the director of the office said Friday.
Jessica Keller, a diver for the National Park Service, was given an award for valor this week after she was credited with saving the life of her dive partner during a 2012 mishap at Lake Mead.
An idyllic Utah canyon home to ancient cliff dwellings and native burials will be the site of a protest Saturday by a group of people who plan to mount their ATVs and ride a trail that has been off limits to motorized vehicles since 2007, but the federal Bureau of Land Management has warned protesters to stay away.
Foothill High School was briefly on lockdown Friday morning because of an “incident involving a substitute teacher,” according to Clark County School District spokeswoman Melinda Malone.
A Nevada inmate who says he practices Satanism is accusing county jailers of violating his constitutional rights by denying him meals consistent with the strict diet of his pagan religion, including ice cream.
A man was shot and killed in a northeast valley apartment complex Thursday night, Las Vegas police said Friday.
The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a 2012 decision by the Nye County Commission to call for a vote in Pahrump to discontinue the town board form of government.
FBI agents have opened a criminal investigation into the April 12 confrontation between Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters and law enforcement authorities, Sheriff Doug Gillespie confirmed Thursday.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the Las Vegas woman who died in a four-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
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Roidan Durruthy Mendoza is accused of killing his estranged wife and injuring three others during a shooting at an apartment complex in August.
A 70-year-old man died in Death Valley after suffering a medical event while driving.
Art by Las Vegas Valley students from elementary, middle, high school and college will be voted on through June 5 for the first-ever Sphere XO Student Design Challenge.
A guest at an off-Strip hotel was injured Monday night after a window fell at the property.
